Long enough to learn what it wants to teach you. Long enough to get the gift. Long enough to learn of the release it wants to help you reach.

The skies are currently filled with teachers of intensity. Whether we want to be or not, we are in their class until they say we pass.

Don’t fail yourself.

This week as Mercury, now retrograde, makes its second conjunction to Saturn, the deities of consequences are working double time. These two drive home the messages we get too stubborn to take in most times. Saturn grounds us. Often feeling like the keys to our car have been taken away, along with all other privileges associated with our freedom, this grounding requires we get still, even if we desperately wish to flee the scene.

While Mercury and Saturn come together, they both sextile Mars as it moves through the last degrees of Libra. Here, Mars lends its stamina to both planets.

It’s important to tell ourselves, repeatedly, that we have the strength to succeed.

As Mars moves into Scorpio (there until January 26th), this theme picks up. Here Mars is in one of its home signs. Here, it has incredible strength. Here, it moves in secret. In the shadows. Into the deep mysteries of life.With Jupiter already in Scorpio, Mars is given a special lift and Jupiter is given greater depth. Mars rules our desires. Jupiter our faith.

If what we believe in doesn’t have staying power, it won’t serve us in any kind of long-term way.

Mars in Scorpio ups the power that Jupiter has to play with. This means that the area of our chart that contains Scorpio gets a boost. It’s not the kind of power you want to mess about with if you don’t have respect for its magnitude. Scorpio is the sign of secrets. Since Jupiter entered Scorpio, we have witnessed what was long withheld as a well-known secret, magnified for all to bear witness to. As Mars joins Jupiter, extra emphasis will be placed on what has been occurring in private. Much will be exposed that was unethical, abusive, illegal and unacceptable.

Deep reflection, contemplation and thoughtfulness are needed as we move through these days. Mercury and Saturn are asking us to pause with the information we gather. The best way to go forward is to understand what mistakes have been made in the past. Reflection is a highly underrated attribute. This week encourages us to try it out as we get served with the realities that are up for review.

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Look for what you can learn from others. What power is gifted to you through your experience of partnership? What are you learning about sharing, merging and combining your energies with others? What resolve is forming within you that allows you to grapple with the more complex of your psychological issues?

There is a sturdiness available to you. Pour yourself into it.

Your power is amplified through the partnerships that challenge you to grow honestly. Without skipping a beat. Without fluffing up your ego. Without shaming you into submission. Take note of who in your life is invested in healing and evolving. Who is truly transforming themselves through the hard work of introspection and aligned actions. Who is developing themselves in powerful ways without their success being at the expense of those around them.

None of us are able to do this flawlessly. All of us will go in and out of consciousness in regards to how our actions are impacting our environment. But it’s the effort to stay aware of our process that counts. It’s our effort to keep finding the courage that it takes to right our wrongs that adds up to our integrity. It’s our effort to strive for growth-enhancing feedback rather than personality praise that helps us live our best life. This Mercury retrograde would have you go for nothing less.

The sheer power of your feelings cannot be denied. The magnitude of your impact on others should not be underestimated. The intensity of your experience is important to hold with a great deal of conscious awareness.

It’s impossible to always know what to do with the emotional energy that others evoke in you, but it’s completely within reach to witness it while it’s occurring. You are responsible for knowing where you are emotionally (which is its own journey with a big learning curve), but you are allowed to be unsure of what to do with it.

When in doubt, write it out. Put the pen to paper. Put yourself on the healer’s table. Put your body, mind and soul in places and spaces where you can vent until you feel empty of excess baggage.

Each emotion that we feel carries with it considerable power. Direct this power towards specific containers when it feels unruly. Direct this power towards trusting in the process of your life when it feels unencumbered by chaos. Direct this power towards developing a deeper understanding of your relationship dynamics and what they are teaching you. With Mars in your 7th house of committed partnerships until January 26th, you are given ample opportunity to learn lessons around intimacy. We are all at different stages of our development around this topic. Make sure that you aren’t assuming your partners, business or pleasure, are at the same place as you are.

Some of the world’s greatest wounds come from folks not knowing how to be respectful of one another’s boundaries. We have an exceptionally hard time navigating intimacy with others, personally and collectively. Unpack the information that arrives with these opportunities slowly, so that you can experience the powerful transformations that they can provide you.

Mars enters Scorpio this week introducing you to a six-week long look at the power of your routines. This is an invitation to spend more time developing strategies that can help you get ahead with certain work projects and career ambitions. Every major accomplishment starts out as a minor movement. A seemingly unimportant action. A small offering. This transit reminds you of the power and the importance of putting your attention on the present moment. On what you have agency over in the here and now. On what you can encourage yourself to get done day to day.

Stick with the habits that help your progress. Keep strategizing about ways to trick yourself into doing what you don’t want to, but need to, get done. Keep watch for the mysteriously magical relationship between acceptance and ease.

As Mercury gets deeper into its retrograde it brings with it a myriad of lessons that come through your most important partnerships. Keep reviewing them. Try not to rush through them. Many of the systems that we live within tell us to keep going. To power through. To rise above. But when it comes to the heart, so much of our development happens in the struggle. Love your partnerships enough to wrestle with what is there so that you might be better able to love them in all their complexity and beauty. The boundaries that you develop and adhere to here will serve you for a long time to come.

This week asks you to get familiar with the edges and boundaries of your deadlines. Responsibilities weigh heavily on your time table. Like fruit too burdensome for the vine, your projects need you to labor in their fields so they can eventually be set loose on the world.

As you do so, remember those that your work serves. Remember how the work might be helpful once it gets out in the world. Remember that if you want to make an impact there are things that you have to put up with. Like hours that won’t stretch themselves. Like days that are too short. Like weeks that are too long. Like things going wrong.

Rightly so given this astro.

How can you take responsibility for your way of working given the conditions that you are in? The obstacles that are in front of you need to be met by an incredibly exacting use of your time. Don’t waste what you haven’t got.

With Mars moving into your 5th house of creative energy, projects and productions, you have a powerful ally at your side. But powerful isn’t peaceful. Mars rouses your passion, but it needs to be channelled with precision. Consider the ways in which you might put this energy to use. Ways in which you might direct it towards the creations that encourage you to recognize your own strength. Ways in which you can focus yourself to get done what you need to, then revel in the pleasures and passions that await you.

There is power in getting grounded. There is an energetic force of life to connect to. There is support at your base.

Tap in to it.

Look back at what has driven you all this time. Since childhood. Since before birth. Since your memory began. What has been the through line of your life? What desire has dominated your decision making? What need motivates you most?

As Mars spends the next 6 weeks in the part of your chart that deals with all of your (in)security issues, you get to experience the power of securing a connection to yourself. Security is a state of being. It’s something that we can only truly create from within and nothing from the outside world can rearrange it once we have it. Mars wants to help you become a master of this method of being.

As Mercury works its way through its retrograde, it asks you to deepen your study of your creative energy, projects and pursuits. What do you need to be more mindful of in regards to your energy? What do you need to give yourself permission to create? What do you need to allow yourself the freedom to experiment with while developing the discipline it takes to understand it from all angles?

As Mercury routes around the base of your chart and life, it pulls up all kinds of forgotten facts. Memories. Receipts.

Receiving confirmation of an old wound can be healing, but it can also be re-triggering. Take time with what you discover. Take time with what is coming to light. Take time with what and how you review your past as you parse out what it might mean for your present and future.

Mercury’s retrograde points to the hefty responsibilities that you bear in regards to home, family or your parents in particular. This material is nothing new, it’s just needing your careful review.

As Mars moves through Scorpio for the next 6 weeks, it works on awakening your appetite for pleasure. For passion. For gloriously dirty dalliances. For the pursuit of all things beautiful in your life.

There is a creative power and potency that you are afforded at this time. One that has a confidence in its own abilities. A swagger in its step. A sauciness in its sentiment. Leave time and space open to explore this aspect of yourself. Help the energy find appropriate channels to be poured through. Invest in what helps you feel potent. Encourage your inner flirt to find places and spaces where it is appreciated and able to play.

Apply patience and persistence in your most important communications. Make sure you get a chance to communicate what you need to and then let go of any expectations about the response. Your schedule may be unfairly packed solid at this point. Do your best not to take on what you don’t have time for. Do your best to put off what isn’t pressing. Do your best to teach yourself the power of no.

No. The complete sentence that never stops giving.

There are most likely things in your day to day life that need to be reassessed. Take a look at what you dread doing, what is dead weight, what doesn’t have to be on your plate, and imagine doing away with it. If you feel much lighter when you do, that’s a pretty big sign it’s time to let it go when you get the chance to. You may need to wait until after Mercury has completed its retrograde (December 22nd), but you can use this time to revise any necessary escape routes or exit strategies.

As Mars moves into Scorpio for the next 6 weeks, it will be up-leveling your ability to develop your resources. Go for what you want. Defend, protect and serve your sources and resources of income. Be a brave warrior for your professional life. You might notice that one of your greatest assets is your courage. Put it to use as much as you need to in the coming weeks. This is your time to experience the power that you possess to support yourself and the projects you are passionate about.

It is incredible fuel for creating change. Or for destroying everything in sight. The more we hold it consciously, the more we can direct it creatively. Cunningly. Conspiring with others that are interested in mastering their tools of transformation.

With both Mars and Jupiter in your sign you are prone to be more connected to your power. To hep this along try to meditate on it. Sense it. Allow yourself to sink into your strengths. Remind yourself of them. Situate yourself so that they are central to your days. To your creations. To your entire set up.

Allow for the release of pent up emotions to surface. They are pockets of energy withheld from the rest of your life. Frustration is an incredible teacher. One that points to places of un-lived potential. One that tells us some talent has been misdirected. One that lets us know that it’s time to pay attention to a part of our lives that hasn’t had the chance to flourish.

This astrology wants to help you remember what you are made of. It wants to help you remember how to hold both your softness and your strength. Growth that doesn’t help you deepen isn’t going to take you far. Allow space for both your beauty and your beast to have a place where they are appreciated.

Staying true to your differences requires that you trust what makes you unique. What gives you strength. What helps you move against the tides of conformity.

What enables you to break away enables you to know yourself no matter what. No matter who approves. No matter whose love is conditional. No matter whose faith in you waivers when you wave your true colors.

This week celebrates your ability to be yourself. Come pressure or praise, the more you refuse to be defined by another’s standards, the more you’ll be able to express and assert yourself in the world as you wish to be. Mercury retrograde helps you to review all the ways in which you can be of service to yourself.

As Mars enters Scorpio, you are connected to an internal supply of power and resilient resplendency.

This is period where what you are incubating has a potent and powerful container to develop within. Don’t be afraid to keep somethings for yourself. Don’t feel pressured to reveal the whole story if it isn’t ready for sharing. Don’t worry about being perceived as secretive. Some creations need that kind of protection and you are the only one that can give that to them. Be a protective parent to the creations that aren’t yet ready to be in the world on their own.

With Mars in Scorpio for the next 6 weeks, your connections have a powerful impact. Your meetings have extra wattage. Extra ability to move you in the directions of your dreams. Extra potency to move your current reality towards a future you feel passionate about.

What might seems like a chance meeting can turn out to be a defining moment.

Introduce yourself to folks that you most wish to work with. Notice whom in your existing social structure supports your overall expansion while digging the depth of your character. Say yes to the people that come bearing opportunities. Grand and teeny tiny. Everything you do with others grows this year.

You claim your destiny every time you make an effort to get to it. Let it know you are on your way.

As Mercury moves deeper into its retrograde and the part of your chart that hides things from you and reveals them when you least expect it, you are most likely getting inundated with information from your subconscious. There isn’t much to do with this but witness it. It’s coming to consciousness so that it can be better understood, healed and put to use. However, the ways in which you do this aren’t always straightforward. You’ll have to follow the clues and listen for the cues. Seek to hold all the parts rather than to fit them together.

The next 6 weeks inundate you with a drive to get things done. Professionally, this is a high point for you. A time when you aren’t willing to withhold the magnitude of your power. A moment that you’ll be able to look back on and marvel at the importance of what you got done.

What you start now might take a little time to grow, but the seed of it carries big and broad ideas, capacities, and abilities to leave an impact. Don’t sell yourself short. Don’t underestimate the importance of every ounce of energy that you put in. Don’t wonder too much about knowing what to do next. There are events lined up, awaiting your availability.

Keep it moving. Get to what you are passionate about. Spend your time and energy on what you are dedicated to putting out into the world. It wants to be there so it can strut its stuff and do its thing. Don’t get in the way of its groove. Serve the work. Be the best backup singer you can so that your labor of love feel yours.

It’s time to seek. Soar. Look far into the future. This week’s surge of astrological energy wants you to run wild with your long-term plans.

On the one hand.

On the other hand, while Mercury is retrograde it’s best not to try to pin anything down to a specific date or time as so many situations are bound to shift within the next 3 weeks. The best way to work with this is for you to allow yourself to dream the biggest, deepest, broadest dreams you can. Call up the courage to allow yourself to explore all options open to you. Call in the belief that it is possible for you. Recall all the ways in which you have limited yourself in the past only to realize that it was totally within your reach.

Promise yourself you won’t do that this time around.

If you had the expertise, what would you pursue? If you had the confidence, what would you try to do? If you had the encouragement, what would you accomplish? Give that to yourself and get on with chasing your dreams each and every day.

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